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• Commission to write to NHS Trust over preventable deaths

  Last updated: Array 18 Dec 2015

  Commenting in response to the Mazars report on deaths of people in the care of Southern Healthcare NHS Trust, a Commission spokesperson, said: “We will be writing to Southern Health NHS Trust to remind them of their obligations to carry out an effective i ...

• Human Rights across the UK and Ireland in 2015 and beyond

  Last updated: Array 17 Dec 2015

  The Chairs and Chief Executives of the National Human Rights Institutions for Ireland, Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Scotland met on 2 December to share progress and discuss future collaboration. As NHRIs, we all have duties to advise our government ...

• Statement on Freedom of Expression and the Lord’s Prayer

  Last updated: Array 11 Dec 2015

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission has today announced that the issues raised by Digital Cinema Media’s (DCM) decision not to show a Church of England advert about the Lord’s Prayer in cinemas, will be examined as part of a major Commission report. ...

• Britain must do more to tackle ‘virus of social isolation’ says Commission

  Last updated: Array 03 Dec 2015

  A NEW national debate is needed to address the scale of social isolation and loneliness affecting growing numbers of disabled people and older people who risk being increasingly ‘locked out’ as modern Britain changes, the Equality and Human Rights Commiss ...

• Scotland must do more to tackle disabled peoples exclusion

  Last updated: Array 03 Dec 2015

  Speaking on Wednesday 3rd December at Scotland’s First Annual Disabled Peoples Summit, Alastair Pringle, EHRC Director in Scotland said: Three years ago, London 2012 was seen as a turning point for the visibility and inclusion of disabled people in our so ...

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